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Newspaper Page TextI LllCngg, :4 # CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAECH 11, 1879. VOL. XI., NO. 38 THE VERDICT READ. HOW HAYES STOLE TILDBN’S SEAT, hit SUNDAY’S SESSION. Hr. Potter's Report Protested-Tho Prsa?* la *kr Contested Cutes D>ct«w>d-Kellogg as: Vcjmat L ara ard Forger*—Hajta m a Patrea of Criminals. Waihisotihi, March 3.—'The chairman of the Potter investigating committee ha* *ufa nrtted the report whirl* he lut'l prepared to the rv,mmittee. and it was adopt* 1 by a v« teof »lx democrats to three republican*. Mr. Butler HdnrfthenL The three repub lican* prewent, jfcntrm. ffiwcoca, Cox and Reed, will prepare a minority report. Mr Butler aril! draw up a separate »tat<-iuciu giving hia vita» in reference to U*e bargain with the Have* itarfy by which the demo crats rerovtred the Mate- of South Carolina and Ixtuiftiana Mr. Stenger, democrat, a meniltcrof the committer', arho was chair* man of the subcommittee which sat in Louisiana, has also preftared a report. Mr. Potter's n jH.rt is ne*e-*arily long, aa it deals with all the point* that have been la-fore the committee, except tlie^ripherdisj atche*, whirl, will la* made the subject of a 'jwcial report and presented to the com mi-tec he morrow. Mr. V< •tier's rejiort is regarded by flie democrat* wl.o have perused it as sing,‘.1 irnpurtlnl and judicial. It is devoid both of rhetorical orriarm and vituperative denunciation and derive* its force solely from a close logica! «•» Jur- tion «*f facts pnamted to the committee of the democrat regard It a* wanting In color or not so strongly expressed a- the fact* warrent* and it i* not unlikely that some members of the committee I e ong n ill present an add at’rrly rej, of their views ojiens will, an intnalmi which sets forth what it was | congress to investigate and what not. and the diliieiilty of conducting an inves ign- tion into conspirncies which have turn successfully carried out while the MKve-s ful parly ’ remains In |w»wer. It admits that the confession of eon- pi tutors who have liecmie di**atisfled is worth lit tle; iMilnts to facts not generally under* ato>*-l; that alMiut the essential features of tin election and canvas* in Florida an»i Lou>inna, there is no substantial di*pute l»*f..,e the Committee. The republicans having call,si no witnesses in Florida at all, and few in Umiaiaim, except as to the con duct of the visiting statesmen, and inciden tally about intimidation. It disiniase-en tirely the testimony of Ander.-on, Jenks. Mrs. Jenks, Weber, and that claw* of wit nesses, and deals with the can? upon the general and controlling facts alone. The rej*»rt is divided into three parts— the llrst of which refers to Fiorina, the second to Louisiana, and the third to the alleged forged electoral ccrtificutev Begin ning with Florida it cite* the law directing electors to lie appointed by the votes cast and canvassing fa»urd to ennva * the vote- cast, and claims that the Tilden electors having received a majority of vote-sea*! in this state were thereby necessarily entirlcd to In* declared elected, and that the can vassing In turd by rejecting without warrant of law a |turiioit of the votes -<» as to show the majority for Hayes, unlawfully counted Tilden out. The canvassing tsiard, it re cites, delayed this announcement till Hie inorning of the day on which the electors were to meet and vote, an that although action \vn> inst..,ifly taken to oust the Hayes electors hy the Til- den electors, no decision could !*• had till the I laves electors hid Mel that panic day at noun and voted. The ,cpnrt then recites the judgment of the supreme court, which sulwc'iuently decided that tie- |Lives elector* were not elected, nor «*utith-<i to vote for the state ami that the Tilden elec tor* were, nod also the judgment, of the court in the action brought hy Drew, the democratic candidate for governor, to ob tain a reeanvass. Where the court di rected a r« canvass and decided the return ing hoard, in refusing to count votes cast, liad defrauded Drew and un awfully scatcsl Sterns. 1 he legislature of the state there upon directed a recallvah* of the electoral vote, in accordance with thi* decision of ltic supreme court, the judge* of which were republicans, and the re canvass showed Til- den elector* chosen. The governor is.*.ted his certificate to the Tilden elector* an the true elector*, but the electoral commission refused to consider t lie judgement of the court, tile action of the legislature and the eertifii ate given hy the f overnnr in favorof the Tihlcn electors, and »eld that it c mid not ,akc notice of any ac tion by the s’ate after the titli of Dereniher. The report draws attention to the fact that such a wrong might Ih» rei>c«Ged in any state at any presidential election hy the canvassers withholding nieir announcement of the result of the election till the day lived for the meeting of the electoral college, and then declare person* who had never l«cen voted for at all to be electors, w hen accord ing to this decision they would l>e entitled irrevocably to cast the vote of the »te. It therefore recommend.* a law pn»- viding tiiat where there was a dis pute as to who were the real eicc:«»rs by the judgment of its court of hist re.* »rt, if certified to congress before ilie meetii.g of the two .houses of eongre**, to receive and count the electoral vote, shall he conclu ivc as to the right of the disputing electors, an.I of which vote from the state shall l*e counted, unless the two hou-es of congress shall otherwise agree. The nq«>rl then argue* that the action of the eauva**ing ls*ard wa* not only illegal hut fraudulent, and cite* the instance in wlticli they re jected democratic votes on nnwai raided grounds, and refund to reject fraudulent republican vote* as illustrating this. itdul* at length with the claim of the repnhlu an* that they were entitled to the vote of the state on thetaceof the returns by rea*onof the Drigger fraud by which a lwgus return from Baker county wa* furnished the car.v.is-ing board which they at flr-t rejected, hut which, after they were ordered to count the vote as ca*t, they fraudulently accepted in place of the line return* ’it I lien deals with the conduct pf the v.-Hng statesmen, and particularly that of M the election. The republicans tli upon a new plan and directed their friends > in the parish not t/» vote. T!»ey sent out 1 word u, them not to co.a* to the polls and refused to permit any tickets to be printed or used for them, and exercised their in fluence to withhold theirown vote entirely. : ___ , Ei|fgi«n hundrrd mrfK»red vntr, werec*,t. | O Attempt U Exnjlti. Iwtl J.fffTM Ik,!, notwithstanding which, with the 4.70 which A CONFERENCE OF CONTRADICTIONS Noye*, as con trasted with that of G<-.icm! Francis 0. Barlow, whose integrity. indc|HMidence and fidelity to ail hi* obligations and at thcmnie time Tits justice, fairness and truth, the re port especially commend*. In regard to Louisiana, the report begins with the anomalous power |*w*cs*e»i hy tlie returning l*oard. of which it say* never l*e- fore existed elsewhere. Under it the elec tors and the returning fa*urd ofliccrs held the grossest power over the receiving and counting of votes, under the pretext that the color line divtiled tl.e |oiitieal parties. They had Used thi* j*nver to trail In- lentlv count the state for the republican*, and had been exposed by the republican committee of the forty- third emigre**, which liad reported that the white* and black* of the state being «*pial. and some of the black* and all the whites having voted for the democrat* in ls7L the state ha* necessarily l*ecn carrier I l»v tl although counted f.»r tin* rcpubli< Hereupon the republuwna aet about a false census, in which they made it appear that there were m -re hla< k voter* in that state than white, ard. a* illustrating the fsauduleut nature «»f this census, tl. refers to the fact that while this cc ported but &7,ouwcolored men, won children in New Orleans, u made out of the men ntarly SA,«x» col-aed \o!cr*. It then instance* the fraudulent n-gl*tration that was based on this whereby it was x»ad< registeml republican white voters m Die >t while actually there ' refusal false ap|«.ar that tlie ers excerdtsl the more than 3T*,00i\ more, and tlie Andenon had nrevcntefl from being regis tered. made about 2,300 deruncratic votes, whereas tlie whole vote of the nari>h at previous elections both side* iiau m*t ex ceeded 2..VSJ. The repubiieans withheld cast ing any vote at all and »ulisei}uemiy uuule a claim that such was the state of terrorism existing at the finie of election that none on their side could vote. The report refer* very briefly to the al leged bargain by which Hayes, who bail three thousand vote* less than IV* kanJ. could count in while Packard went o a. and mentions Mr. .Sherman’* effort to pi *.e in timidation, pointing out that the evidence wa* not produced whenever the committee offered to receive it; how repeatedly it had been offered, and how rejieatedly they were met hr some excuse for not producing it; how they had examined many of tlie wit nesses that were before tlie returning 1*«ard, who, in almost every instance, recanted and explained how they came to make th*-ir false affidavit in the first place, and Imw such statements as they made before tin- returning hoard were totally uufoun ted. it then refers to the Sherman letter, in re gard to which it simply states tlie fact* a* they stand, attempting to show that the let ter was actually written and largely influ enced hy the political action in Loui iana, and drawing attention to an attempt on the part of Mrs. Jeuiu. win**- hu-V*id and brother are employees of the treasury de- |*artment. u» induce the committee to pro duce a forged letter in the interest of Mr. Sherman. The Florida portion of the report is fol lowed hy a list of all the persons connected with the election who liave been ap|s*inted :*» office, and Louisiana by a still larger list >f the jieraoiui in that state appointed tn ,ffice. Tne third part of the report deals with the , forged electoral certificate, and attempts to show* how the republican*, believing a new electoral certificate was necessary, aad bow lefei live the first certifiiate was, under the ^institution, and which the vice-president refused, secretly manufactured another: and how they antedated it and made it in the paper and printing to resemble the one made; how they had very little time to pretMire it. and how it was impoasi- hlc to get all the elechirs in New Orleans to sign it wit tun that time; that, therefore, it IxM-Aiue a necessity t*» forge two signature* the triplicate |*a|M*M; there were eighteen forged signature*, which were attached on D« ceinber 29, in the small up|«r-room in the senate building* in charge of Con«|Ue*f (Marke; h<>w the innking of this second ic.'tilicatc wa* concealed till it was prislttccd **fore congressj how, when it whs referred io the commission, it was not read, but or* U-red to }*c printed, an t the printer-who hanged it and the electoral coni mission mere served with two copies of the forged 'prtif.cate perfect in form and no c*»|»y of tlie genuine • r defective certificate; liow. alter the commission had derided the t cord was changed *o tin t the forged certificate which really was iiefo.c tlie com mission, was ati|»prc*sc<i and the re«s»ni made to show a* if the real defeetive (rerti- tieate had l*eei» considered ami ima-ed upon. The refmrt then recites how all the |*er- »ns eonneefed witli the business have l»e.eii appointCfl to office and ;he suspicious cir cumstances connected with the nnpoint- nient of some, rarticnlniiy |>oimitig out tiiat Kellogg and Clark, IDs private secre tary. were privy to the forgeries, an I the latter i- now a clerk in the treasury. The rejK»rt winds up with a reference to tlie danger of returning foards, ami the yet greater danger of controlling election* and protecting canvassing hoard- by feileral r«M|M, and, above nil, to th« danger with i Inch the country is tiireatemsl by reas in •f the enornmus jatrouage centered in the president, which makes the presidential office a prise »»» great tlmt in order to con trol it tlie grossest violations of Inwand frauds may lie expected on the part of those who desire to profit hy that patronage. It concludes with the statement that full »*ff*n-t was not given to the electoral v«>tes«>f Florida and Louisiana; that Noyes. Sher man and others encouraged tins result; that the second certificate from Louisiana * forged as to two of its names, Kellogg il Clarke help# privy toil, and that Til- den and Hendricks received a true majority f the electoral votes and were tlie real hoice of the people of the United States at tli® lost presidential election. Wasiiinoton, March 4.—The Fotter com mittee to-day, while in secret session, passed a resolution, on the motion of Mr. Stenger, tlrnt tin* allegations made against Mr. Ston ge r and other mcmliers of the committee in Martin'* affidavit lud l»ocu disproved by St. Martin's own testimony, ami a second resolution was passed on motion of Get oral Butler rccogiii/ing the ability, courtes\ and i in (partiality of Mr. Totter, t fie chairman. General Butler says in liis report: “l have chosen to examine only tlie (lolitical and party notion of both parties, their leaders and other manipulators of the election in the suite of L. nisi ana. where it would seem every form of wnmg, misconduct and out rage’ possible to he done in an election is alleged to have been oomniitted on one side or the other.” The general concludes that in leTfi there was no full and free elec tion of the whole bi»dy of electors in l*>u- i*ia mi. and that the general electoral voles of tlmt state ought not, therefore, to have l*een counted in favor of either candidate for the presidency. If any legal elec tion wa* held in laiuisinnu, then a ma jority of the votes actually cast in the state were for tlie Tilden electors and for Govern or Xirholla. In case the vote of the state counted at ail, the vote* of the bulldozed parishes, a* they were railed, were within the fair nml ju*t exercise of thejnrisd' of thr rerun-mg hoard, to be rejected proj**.* exercise of their judgment with tlie I some few iMitiuig |i material to the result. In the part* of the ate* other than said bulldozed (tarishes, here a full campaign wa* made by both l*tliriral |*arii«*s. a majority of the votes were cast for Tackanl for governor and a portion the Tilden elector*, leaving two or more Hayes elec»oi*j elected. Such a count and re turn would have giien full exprwaion to the will of the people—in such part* of the state as were not effecteii hy coercion and violence, in favor of Tackard and against two or more of tlie Hayes electors, which would have been tlie case if the whole vote of the state had been rejected by both house*. Tlie declaration by both house* of congress, that under the circumstances the state of lawisiana should not he counted for either candidate, would have la*cn tlie best i-wilde result to the country, because it would have taught a lesson to over-zeal ous partisan* that elections cannot be carried either by force and intimidation at tlie polls. or*franus in returns, so a* to avail successful candidates, and if so carried, tlie votes would be rejected. On the contrary, under the ruling of the electoral commission, if they an* accepted as governing law, every encouragement is given to reckless, strenuous partisans to carry their states either by force or by fraud. Tlie* electoral commission, a* constituted, lias afforded no practical solution of the constitutional difficulties attending tlie count of electoral votes in tlie disputed states, and an exigency again arising like that of 1976 will surely lead to revolution. The ap|»ointtnent of the electoral coin mission was wholly beyondtha c*^nstitution. audits ileterm inaiion*ought to have no legal force l or effect. Tlie appointing of judge* of the | supreme court upon such political forma- | tion lias done great harm to tlie cause ' THE HEX ATE. Washisotox. March 2.—After the execu tive session at midnight last night, the doors were reopened, and the senate pro ceeded to consider the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill. The senate voted on the amendment of the com mittee, striking out tiiat part of the bill os It e from the house, fixing the nav of jurors in the federal courts at two dohare perdieiM, and repealing tie test oath of j u puts. The senate struck out this clause by yeas 31. nays 27. Tlie senate ala* struck out by yeas 29. nays 26, tlie remain ing clause relating that port of the revised statutes -providing for supervisors ami deputy marshals of elections. The amend ment of the committee laving .southern claim* cotiimiafioners at tlie rate of $T;,t«)0 annum each, instead of $2,500, and other imp*/riant amounts was agreed to. The senate struck out the section of the hill pro- (•osing t/» consolidate tlie coast and interior ey, according to the j»lan of the na il academy of sciences. The bill, at 4 o’clock, was passed. The senate then took up the river and harbor bill, but without proceeding to it* consideration; took a ie»a tiil 2 ti clock pin. A committee of con ference liad previously been appoinu-d on the legislative, judicial and executive a)>- propi iation bill and on the sundry civil a|>- priation bill. All tlie afternoon and evening, up to 11:30, ie senate engaged in the consideration of the river and harbor bill. Many amend ment.* were adopted, and at the conclusion of tlie consideration, in committee of tlie whole. Mr. Edmund* endeavored to have all after tlie enacting clause stricken jut ami e-.9b6.uo0 substituted. After dis- :uM»iou the motion was defeated and the fill passed by 29 to 18. The bill appropriates about $9,000,000. Special dbpatch to The Constitution. WAMiti.vurox, March 3, 2a. m.—Tlie senate is now considering a motion to reconsider Frt-ta tke Krx cxa Pearcn B.ll—AUtk 0:d Blacdx Upon the FloorFrvasi Ora— B-iizMr Edmaadf Bvbaked. propnatl rears of pensions. The motion to reconsider was carried. Mr. Hoar offered an amend- t: Provided, that no pension shall paid under thi* act to Jefferson Davis, the late president of the so-called southern confederacy. Mr. Hoar said that the name in this proviso liad not been sin gled out by any selection of his own or from *’iy |»erson who agreed with him politically. The name liad been selected hy Davia him self hy hi* own act in a marked and con- character. by an attack on the life of the eo....trv that educated him. That gentleman had never given utterance loan expression of regret for such attack, nor had he followed the example of so many of hi* associa'es l»y asking congress to remove liia political disabilities. He spurned the clemency of the republic to-day. It was proposed to put the name of thi* per* whose treason had not been repented . n the pension roll* of the country and to tax the loyal widows and orphan* to (ay the (tension. Mr. Garland said he did not know what motive the senator frt»n* Massachusetts had in ’ ttroducinghis amendment, but it was a irious *|»ectacle to exhibit to the Atueri- in |>eople at this late hour of the day, bile the government (tension* Longstrect by a Email jk flee in Georgia, and the republican admh fist rat ion sent Governor Orra* minister to Russia; Mosby, who 1 toast ed thn* he was the Marion inthesecond war. He felt satisfied that Jett D-vis wotild worn a (teiisi.tn, tiiat gen tle had served un der Mr. >av»s in n civil cajaciiy. Mr. Davis wa a gallant soldier in the Mexican •. h * t. rv ices were on record, and al though they did not surjas* they equaled those of Greece and Rome. Mr. Shields took a different view from both sides. He thought that hy singling out Jeff. Davis from tlie ten millions of peo ple in the south wa* giving him a distiuc- greater than he deserved, p. Bailey said the country to-day was longing and wishing for peace, and lie ap pealed to the senators on the other side to no nothing to prevent it. The people of the south, having lost all in the war, were |*oor, and they desired to restore their industries. Mr. Maxey briefly spoke of the services rendered by Mr. Davis in tlie Mexican war, l said lie would leave it for those who fought with him to joas judgment on the amendment of the senator from Massachu setts. Mr. Thurman said tiiat the amendment asked him to single out Jefferson Davis for hment when other men who went as he did were not only not punished ment and, upon his motion, the house took a further recess till 9 o'clock p. tn. The house xnet at 9 o'clock to-night, but merely for the purpose of receiving mes sage* from the president and senate, and to near reports from the conference com mittees. The conference committee on the post-office and army appropriation bills re- (Hjrtfd au inability to agree, and were re appointed. The conference committee on the legislative bill has just now made a like report. The boose lias taken a recess till 10 o'clock to-morrow. IK CONFERENCE. The committee of conference, who re ported a disagreement on the post-office ap propriation bill this evening, differed prin cipally on three subjects, vix: classification of mail matter, the senate provision of $490,000 for fast mail service and the Bra xilian mail service. The senate confvrree* offered to modify the provisions on the last named subject so a* to reduce the rate of compensation to $25 per mile, and to pro vide that proposals shall n t be invited unless the postmaster-general fail* to ob tain the carriage of the mails without a contract and to throw open the selection of terminal point* in the United S:ate* to competition. The house conferrees,how ever, refused to accede to this offer of compromise to make concessions on the other p»ints of difference above indicated. The army bill eonferree* came to a dead-lock on the house prohibition of the presence of tr top* at the pols under any circumstances, and were also wholly unable to agree u(k;m tlie subject of army reorganization. The ? itua- *’on in regard to the other appropriation ills in charge of committees of confetence 11 o'clock to-night is a* follows: The sundry civil appropriation bill Is in »upid process of adjustment, and all |>oim* of difference between the two houses will aj»- parcntly be reconciled by the committee a u ring the n iglit. The conference comm ; t tee on the deficiency bill are a* yet unaMe to reach any agreement concerning the se-iate amendment proposing an appropriation of $250,000 dolImrs for the expense* of inar.«!ia!s election supervisors, etc. Some minoi points are still in controversy, but the dif ference in regard to this bid and flic i**st- olficcs and army bills will undoubtedly be adjusted in the*event of c final agreement being reached by the two houses i«»g Uie clause in the legeislativ ■ lich provides for a repeal laws. The pros(>ect for an agreement by the committee of to conference on tli« legislative bill is, however, at the present writing, very inconsiderable. FROM FRANCE. the election officers requiring tli turn the votes according to the cc that i* stating that the col..red vote by that census in a certain j^n-ii wa* and that they were expected to return n'publican vote ciJm*qH»nding to that if they were ever to have any reward or pre ferment, notwithstanding this organized fraud, say* the report. When the election* M'rat* had a majority a* impartiality will do equal and impartial jus tice. and. in view of its ill success, the experiment ought never to be tried again. returned hy tlie republican elec of some ld,UA». the vote pulled being the large* 1 ever polled in the state, and larger in proportion to the population than tha: aM -publican djhM other r ** j Tlie result ha* shown that it i* against pub lic policy, and tends to bring elements of corruption into political methods, to send semi-official (artisan* of large (loliticul in fluence into the sute* for tlie purpo*e of contn21iitg or advising either in regani U* how it* c : rotors shall vote, or to advise as to the manner in which the state shall be re turned. The act of Hayes, a* president of the United Stales, in appointing and sending the Me- E hut have been appointed to the lifghest sta tions in the government* and in this mu tt lie mentioned the name* of Aker- formerly United .State* attorney-gen eral; the pre-cut rostmastcr-Gcnend* Key; General Longstreet, (Njstmaster at Gaines- 1 Mosby. of guerrilla fame, all and many others of the same class lieing appointed hv the republican admin istrations; he saw on the bench two men who were actively engaged in the confeder ate service, who were just as guilty a* Jef ferson Davis. The pro|MiMtion before came from a senator of that state (Massachusetts! whose treason lunl been more violent and longer than tiiat of any other state in the union. Thurman did not want to pie*: out Jefferson Davis a* a martyr, when all the other* who had acted with him could walk ihe earth unchallenged. Mr. Coke said that Mr. Davis wa* not worse than lie was and very many others of the southern (icople who selected him a* a leader. He wa* uot a*haiued to vote for Mr. Davis any more than he was to vote for any other man or any subject. "I was,” Mid Mr. Coke, ‘-as much of a rebel a* Jeff. Davis.” After fun be/discussion, in which Mes*rs. Gordon, Windom, Ransom and other.* par ticipated. the last named saying that the Mexican veterans amendment wa* voted in w ith the aid of eight republican votes, and that the bill teas pa>sed with fourteen re publican* voting tor it; but for the republi cans he wanted it to be understood that the bill would now be the law of the land. Mr. Lamar, in re(4ying to Hoar, *a ust confess hissurpriseand regret that the senator from ^Massachusetts should have wantonly, and without provocation, llur.g this insult. The chair (Mr. Edmunds) called the sen- or to order for this language. Mr. Lamar—I suppose it is in order to flin(; insults, but out of order for those who are insulted to hurl back the blow. 1 aj*- (•eal from tlie decision of tlie chair. The question being token the decision of the chair was overruled. Yeas. 15; nays. 27. Lamar proceeded, eulogising Davis and protesting against any attempts to single him out for obloquy from the body of the southern people who had chosen him for their leader in a cause dear alike to him and all his followers. The debate was continued by Mes*rx. Blaine. Hoar. Lamar and others. Mr. Chandler said that eighteen rear* ego he and Jefferson Davis came into tlie senate together and both at that time swore to support the constitution of the United States. Mr Davis had come from Fean e’s cabinet, and when he took the oath there was treason in hi* heart and perjury on hi? lip*. He t<»ok the oath to support a govern ment he meant to overthrow. He, (Chan dler). considering the coaduct of Davit during the war. did not expect to hear eulogies on Jefferson Davis on tlie flo>r the senate. He was surprised to hear them, i every h belie •louljtb-dyed traitor. Mr. Hoars amendment to exclude Jeff. Davis wa* .Agreed to hy 23 to 22. The •\.i> then taken on tlie amendment of Mr. Shields to pension the Mexican amended. On motion of Mr. Hoar it was greed to—20 to 25. The bill then passed n tlie Ministry—Comments on the Situation. Special Dispatch t The Constitution. London. March 5.—Tlie Stamiard’s cor respondent at Faria states tiiat Gainbetta h*»k hi* office a* president of the chamber of demit ie.* on the understanding that he would not refuse to form a cabinet in the event of the overthrow of the Waddingtoii ministry. In such event he would be pres ident of council and minister of foreign af fairs. A dispatch to the Daily News from 1'aris ys a strong majority of’the committee on the ministry of the 16th of May still incline to recommend imjieachnient. They art* much emboldened by the Mareiere inci dent. The Paris c«»rres|*»ndent of tlie Times writes that M. Cietuenceau ha* succeeded Gum bet ta a* leader of the extreme left. The opiNinents of the present minister* al lege that the latter are under the dicta ion of MM. Gainbetta and Cleiuer.coau. Mon day’s sitting was nut calculated to «li*pe! tin* idea. The cabinet know that their ••nlv creating a solid conservative majority is by breaking with the extremists. It was thought that Monday would witness this scliisiu. In fact, it wa* t’lemenceau’s speech which wa* ministerial. M. de Mar- ctere’s defense was weak, because he declared he spoke for hitu-elf alone; in other words, that he no longer had confidence in hi.* col leagues. There were no other s)icakcrs. The right enjoyed in silence the last agony of a member of the republican cabi- hHe tlie other ministers, with a»> as cetic air, seemed unconcerned in the duel. M. Clenicnceau submitted an order of^the day declaring M. de Marciere’s explmnot ons insaflSeent. M. Rameau, in order to try and save M. de Mareiere, suggested the sustiension of sitting a quarter of an hour. In the interim.de Mareiere was :old that the Clenienceau resolution would be carried u»le*s he resigned on an order of the day pure and' simple. To this he agreed. C'leraencean withdiew hi* motion and a* - cepted the order of the day pure and >itu ple as differing from it only in form. Almost the entire chamber voted for the order. Only a few faithful friend* ab stained from voting, de Marco re is thus vanquished iu an overwhelming fashion. The ministry has once more yielded to the extreme left. The mountain has once more crushed the girondons. France will now loam that on her ruddy political horizon rises a new candidate, M. Cleme* ccau, who as- piros to control tlio«e already in otfic or on tbe eve of being .*••. The disdainful or der of the day, almost unanimously vo;cd, is one of the affronts which no cabinet can long put up with, and unless the mini ury can And a patriotic and courageous majority it had better fall en bloc up holding’ the ling of social conservatism, than fall piecemeal like a dilapidated house. Tills is the feeling of almost all wli» witnessed till* painful sitting, and it will be shared by the reflecting (tuition of the 'Ublic. Ministers Waddington and LeRoyer have had an interview with the electoral com mission, at which they strongly deprecated the ini|»earii!i!C!it on the ground of public agitation involved in a prolonged triai, the inconvenience of summoning military wit nesses, and tlie bad effect both at home and abroad. Tlie commission lias defended its decision until Wednesday. M. Lej*ere succeed* M. de Mareiere a* THE LIGHT BEYOND!! 000. And the^'following miscellaneous about THE RADICAL SENATE’S DYING DAY. 8qxeexiac Through tha Appropriation Bill*—Tho Conns Bill Goeo to Mr. Hty*»—Tho Im- peichmrat of Coual Bewxrd—Tho Scramble of the Last Bonn. THE SENATE. Washington, March 3.—The senate met at 1 o’clock p. m. A resolution sub mitted by Teller, continuing the committee appointed to inquire into certain allege! violations of constitutional rights of citizens during the late election-; until the next ses sion, authorizing the committee to sit dur ing recess, etc., was agreed to. The senate then went Into executive seqpon. The amendments of the house to the census bill were agreed to and the hill passed. The Conference committee’® report on the fortification appropriation bill was agreed to and the bill iiassed. The bill making an appropriation for the payment of claims reported hy the southern claims coni'.-1 «irm wa* (>asr«*a Mr. Allison (Iowa), from tjie conference id tlie is agreed to. ei»Jajiation ol s agruoltapon xt* p.ik!Ir Mb* ndoiu (Minnesota,) from the <v>n- •bjected to its nre*ent »»>nsideration. and stated he wanted time b • jxatulne it. oubee- qnently lie withdrew his report '— * *- ' the MU . Mr. Wimloiu (Minnesota,) ference committee on the sundry civil ap propriation* bill, submitted a report, but objection wa* made to its present considera tion hy Mr. Edmunds, and it was laid aside tem|»orarily. The senate then, at 5 o’clock, took a recess until ft o’clock p.tn. The senate has agreed to the coo ference reports on the sundry civil and river and harbor hills. The senate has passed the house bill ap propriating $250,000, tlie interest of which is to be paid to the printing house for the blind of Louisville for furnishing embossed hooks and tangible apparatus for the blind throughout the country. Special dispatch to the Constitution. Washington, March 4.— The senate took up tlie house bill to provide for the organization of tlie Mississippi improve ment commission, for the deepening of that river, and the protection of the alluvial lands. The bill appropriates $250,090 for payment of salaries and the completion of surveys. The work is to be executed from time to time as congress may make appropriations for tiiat pur|>ose. THE itorsE. The house spoilt the first hour this morn ing in disposing of some of the business on the speaker’s table. Bills in relation to the Northern Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroads were referred to committee of the whole. Bills relating to homesteads and settlements o.i public lands within railroad limit* were passed. The conference . tlie fortification hill was pre sented and agreed to. The house Las now before it, nt.der strict party vote, the report of the committee on ex(M'lidittires in the state department for tlioini(>cachment of Geo. F. Seward. The reports of the conference committees on the sundry hill, the fortification hill and the river and harimr bill have been adopted hy the house and a recess luis been taken iintU'9 o’clock to-night. In the house to-niglit Mr. Fotter presented the report of his committee and tluit of the minority, ami of one tiietii- • in addition to the other reports—(tend- : any action of the conference. A report the’poslofiice appropriation bill wa* pie scored and adopted. When the census bill came over to the house with a message that the senate had agreed to the housg amendments to it. Mr. Cox, of New York, on whose motion the amendments liad been adopted, received the hearty congratulations from the mem bers in his neigli!>nrhood. Those amend ments were substantially the bill as origin ally introduce*! by Mr. Cox. As it now stands the hill provide* for 150 su(>ervi*ors to be appointed bv the president by and with the advice amt consent of the senate. The enumerators are to the number of one for about every 4,000 of fopulatioit,uml there are to lie experts employed on all the great industries and resources of the country. The machinery of the bill is regarded as simple and efficient. When the house reassembled at nine o’clock, the galleries were cl«»sely packed with spectators and nil the halls ami corri dors were swelling with ]>eop!e. The senate amendments to the post-route bill v.ere token froiu tlie s(>eaker’s table and con curred in. Mr. Sparks, of Illinois, asked leave to have the senate amendments to the ar.ears of pension bill taken from the speaker's table and concurred in. Roberts, of Mary land, objected.. The Seward impeachment case wa* then taken up and Mr. Uutuly, of New York, presented an argument against the springer rc|»ort. Fending the discussion the confer ence report on tne deficiency bill was pre- senteitand agreed to, after which the im- (>euchnient case was resumed. Mr. Garfield (Ohio) represented to the democratic side of the house the utter im practicability in carrying articles of im peachment to-niglit. No (*os»iblc action could !>e taken between now ami tlie death of this congress. A new house and a new senate would be in session before anv trial could take (dace, and tlie only effect of adopting the report now would be to leave Seward under a cloud without any possi bility of vindicating himself. Special dispatch to The Constitution. March 4— 1 a. in.—The Seward imi»cach- ment case is still dragging on in the house. The minority report (referring the whole following $200,000 fi# improvement on the Delaware river from Philadelphia to Trenton. Suez, 8L Marx* canal and lake above. $250,000; Ohio river, $250,000, of which amount not exceeding $200,000 to be applied to the work on the Davis dam. For Fox and Wisconsin river improvement, $150,000; for improvement of Yellowstone river, $30,000; Great Kanawha, $150,000; Tennessee, including Muscle shoals, $210.- 000; Norfolk. $75,000; Chaileston harbor. $200,000; Savannah harbor, $100,000 Mobile, harbor. $100,000; Galveston harbor, $100,000; for a harbor of refuge on the Pacific coast. $150,000. The bill appropriates about $7,- UOO.OOO in addition to the appropriaiion made for the Eads jetties. The liberal items of appropriation for the Mississippi minister of the interior. The cabinet c cil to be held this evening will appoint a successor to M. Lepere in the ministry of commerce. M. Tiranl, radical and freetrader, f*ex pected to succeed Lepere iu the miuistry of commerce. Cl-AYTON CASUALTIES. iuhject to the judiciary committee) has just been voted down by a vote of 98 to 120. tri.. “ - • • • - - The Potter re|>ort. which was presented at about 11 p. in., had to be withdrawn be cause the republicans insisted on having tlie regort with the views of the tniuorijy u.—Discussion continues npeachnient case with seemingly —14 t >30. Mr. Allison then reported that the con ference committee on the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill were unable to agree, and a new committee was appointed. He also made a report from the select committee, exonerating Stanley Mat thews from connection with any real of the > declared i!-.»t |o>rfectly praevu.l t..iw, in order so «> u»«n»4 poll then dr*:.* wit dat ion and endeav< terly irop-wsible fo anything by it N >. hwi been created • the dtuglj i tin of inti,ni- ii(-posed frauds in the election in Louis- sna, and that he had not been guilty of r7«.*c and with instruction* »o net S corrupt conduct in any of the matters re- (i.-r which i« wa* sent, wa* an tu't wholly \ ferreu to in the estiiuony, but hi.* action in autfa>rized hy the constitution and not i respect to James E. Anderson in an effort to ;l»in the power and sor*|n* of the execu- | obtain appointment to office, under the •the especially reprehensible a* it* pur- j cunistar.ccs. as wrong and injurious to the j*«>e ami motive was to carry out a corrupt j public interest. rTwJin I P'ditkol arrangement, agreement and com- i On motion ol Ir. Gordon the senate took etumin • U*ard ' j‘ ac: 0,1 bL* (art, nia«le by his friends with i tin* reseduti sof the house in respect to »•*(* u> •utn Burning of Professor Looney's Metn —The Superior Conrt, Etc. Special to The Constitution. Jones bo no, March 4.—A serious loss hy fire has visited our town. This morning, between midnight and one o'clock the t> va* called up by the alarm of fire. The itartling cry directed the citizens to tlie academy building which they found in flames.’ Tlie fire began in the northeast comer of the lower story, kut made such rapid headway os tosoonenrehqie tlie whole house. It was a large and cnmniodi- school building, two stories high, and cost $3,000. It was occupied by Professor Looney for his splendid school. The furniture was new patent school furni ture costing $700 and was nearly new. The whole builaiug and contents were destroycd. There was insurance in the Southern Mutual for $1 000 only, the town council having allowed $2,500 to lapse but a short while ago—another example of short sighted economy. The dwelling of Mr. \f. B. Mallony next door was burned with all bis household furniture and wares. It was a total loss, insurance having been carried, lie exercises of the school, however, will not be interrupted, as Profe*«or Looney lias secured tlie tcinj>orary use of the Methodist and Baptist churches, and will teach the young ideas how to shoot with his usual success. CRIMINAL COVET. Superior court business is progressing. In the cose of W. L. Betsill, charged with burglary and stealing a sock of guano, the jury found a verdict of not guilty. The case of Jnlia Johnson, the alleged mnrdr ess of Mr*. Mary Farmer in 8epten her hist, wa* called next. Mr. Jeffrie* f« the defense interposed special plea* to the indictment on account of illegal revision of the j ury box and for other reasons. These plea* were overruled. Tlie sheriff, Mr. W. S. Archer, on motion wa* disqualified from acting and the |«u.el summoned by him wa* quashed. His dep uty and the coroner both were found dis qualified, and Mr. J. M. Mnndy wa* cji- (•ointed a special sheriff by the court. The work of getting a jury is in progress and will be continued through the night. It will be a difficult matter to secure one. The state is represented by the solicitor general, Doyal & Gay and Stewart A Sj«eer; the defendant by Mr. Richard S. Jeffries, of Atlanta. The prisoner, dressed in quite a stylish manner, is giving very close attention to read. 1:30 i Seward . little prospect for a decision. The republi cans are making a vigorous war upon the presentation of impeachment articles. NOMINATIONS. The president sent the following nomina tion* to the senate to-day: Louis A. Barnes to be register of the land office at Gaines ville, Fia.; Samuel T. Riddle, postmaster at Fernandina, Fla CONFIRMATIONS. The senate to-day confirmed the follow ing nominations: Charles S. Manning, col lector of customs at Albemarle, N. C.; L. S. Metcalf, appraiser ’of merchandise at 8t. Louis; Wm. II. Thomas, of South Caro lina. United States consul at St Paul, De Loamla; Pinckney C. Hall, collector of cus tom* at Vicksburg; Z. Wheeler. United State* attorney for tlie eastern district of Tennessee. IN CONFERENCE. The conference committee on the sundry civil appropriations biil lias agreed upon a and Missouri rivers are all retained without reduction. The amendments adopted bv the senate without having been rej*ortcd by tlie committee on commerce are omitted with the exception of two or three very small appropriations. The amendments re- (torted from the senate committee were all re ained except as indicated in the forego ing schedule. In tlie sundry civil bill among the items retained is the appropriation of $50,000 for a light ship and fog signal at Trinity shoal, Louisiana. . he senate amendment’ appro priating $10,000 to pay Corbin his exjicnses in contenting the seat of Butler, of S .uth Carolina, is retained in the bill. The president and all of the‘cabinet were at the r tpitol several hours this evening, occupy mg tlie president’s room in tlie *en- ete wi j of the building, engaged in the examination of bills submitted for the ex ecutive approval.- Secretary Evans and Sherman and Poetmaster-Genei&l Key sjient considerable time on the floor of the senate. During the last hours of the 45tli congress the capitol i9 crowded to ito utmost capac ity. There is no one measure awaiting the decision of congress which can lie termed of paramount public interest, and jet the doorkeepers aver that there has not been near so large an attendance for year*. All classes seem to have turned out to witnesa last night’s proceedings. The crowd (termeates the lobbies, the b sement and every place where it can find an entrance, the “floor” not beim ex cepted, ami in all of the committee rooms on the first floor tlie senators and meinber>atv holding levees and hatid*haking with hun dreds of friends. The lobbyists arc in unu sually strong force. The crowd wa* :it its height, ah->ut 10 o'clock, and for two hours after suffered but a very slight diminution, and to the crowds of some live or six years back it hears a marked contrast It i-i thor oughly well behaved. THE CLOSING SCENE. T1IE SENATE. Washington, March 4.—Tlie senate, sifter an all-night session, at 6 o’clock took recess until 10, when it reassembled and was called to order by Secretary Gorham, who read a note from the vice-president notify* ing the senate that he would not occupy the chair again during the present session. In order that a president pro tern, might he elected. Mr. Anthony (Rhode I*land) .sub mitted a resolution declaring Thomas W. Ferry (Michigan) elected president pro tern, of tlie senate. Mr. Bayard moved to amend by substituting the name of Allen G. Thur man (Ohio) for that of Ferry. Rejected by yeas 26, nays 28. Mr. Ferry was then de clare*! elected, atul was escorted to the chair by Mr. Thurman. The senate then passed eighteen or twenty private bills, and lietwecn 11 and 12 o'clock held an executive session*for a half Imur. W ien the doom were reopened Mr. Windom sub mitted a resolution continuing the appro priations for the army and for the leg-da tive, judicial and executive e.xi*enses of the government for six months from July first, so as to avoid an extra session of congress. Mr. Saulsburv (Delaware) objected to its present consideration, and it went over. At 12 o'clock President (pro tern.) Ferry Said that tlie time fixed for the final ad journment of congress haying arrived, the chair declared the forty-fifth congress ad journed without day. There were no manifestations of applause npon the announcement of the final ad journment. The closing hours of the ses sion were characterized with even more confusion and disorder than usual. The senate chamber was densely crowded, both on the floor and in the galleries, and some tunc* with eight or ten senators addressing the chair at the same time. It was with great difficulty that anything could be un derstood. the house. Mr. Hewitt reported that the confer ence on the army bill was not able to agree. After a long discussion a vote _ was taken on the motion that tlie house insist'on its disagreements and it was-agreed to. The Seward impeachment ca^e was taken up at 3 a. m. After a brief disCiis*ion, in which there were some stormy passages, the house reconsidered the vote ordering the previous question and thus got rid of the subject. Notwithstanding the partisan feeling which pervaded both sides of the liouse.in various matters that came up during the night ses sion, there was a remarkable absence of i»er- sonal animosity on the part of meml>ers towards their political opponents. Mr. Conger (Michigan) was the most active and irritating of the antagonists, against whose attacks the democrats were all the time called upon to defend themselves, but he and Springer (Illinois), whom he seemed specially intent on annoying, were, when ever they met in the aisles, or when they acted as’tellers together, in as amicable and pleasant a mood as if no stinging sarcasms ever passed between them. It was the feanie with Atkins and Foster, with Southard and Garfield, and with all the other mutually hostile elements. On the one occasion that Sprinter tried to get in some remarks out of order, Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, S lanted himself square in front of him and iscliarged a volley of “ I objects,” each louder and more emphatic than the one be fore, and he kept at it until he carried his point, and a* he walked over to his desk again, he gave as a reason for his demonstra tion that he was not going to listen to the abuse of a friend of Ins. There was less of tumult and uproar than at almost any other last night of a congress, and there was not the least sigh of that hilariousness which has some times characterized such night session.*. The attendance of members all through the twenty-two hours of the sitting was quite large, and when the vote indicated the absence of a quorum it was generally because the members refrain- THE ADVANTAGES thank fully this honse for its resolution of approval of the manner in which I have i discharged the duties of speaker, always' responsible and onerous, and often most * delicate and difficult I have done my best i WHICH MUST MAKE ATLANTA GREAT, Long service here has taught me that hate 1 vengeance lias never raised any cause to j enduring honor, while ou the con trary justice ami mutual regard have often given the weaker side an easy victory. With two great parties dividing the people, each holding an im portant share in tliegovernment, with strict accountability on the part of the public servants, and vigilant eyes watching ah; with reviving business and restored confi dence, may we not look hojiefully to the early dawn of a new era of increased pros perity and greater happiuess for the coun try? Such is my fervent prayer. “To each and every representative here I tender my heartfelt acknowledgment for kindly forbearance extended to me as the presiding officer of thi* house, and to say that 1 shall ever gratefully cherish the honor of which I have been the recipient, with an expression of the wish that you may all return safely and in health to your homes, it only remains for me to declare that in ac cordance with the constitution of the United States this house stands mljoumed without day.” T1IE LAST CONFERENCE. The last conference on the legislative appropriotion bill terminated a few minutes after 11 o’clock in disagreement as liefore. The house luu not ordered a conference on the army appropriation hill since the lost repoit. Tlie defeat of both bills is now assund. CONFIRMATIONS. The senate just before adjournment con firmed the nomination of Dennis Eagan to be collector of iutemal revenue for the dis trict of Florida, and l’aul Strobach, (K»st- niaster at Montgomery, Ala. The following are among the nominations which expired at noon to-day for want of final acfton: George Holmes, collector of customs. Beaufort, S. C.; James Pollock, naval officer, Philadelphia; David II. Strother, consul-general, City of Mexico; David H. Bailov, consul-general ai Shang hai; James Riicy Weaver, consul-general at Vienna; Henry Dltlunar, consul at Bris- tan; John W. Wilson, consul at Panama; Geo. Scoggs, consul at Hamburg; E. F. Tur ner, United States judge; A. Banning Mor- •mpromise which will shortly lie reported to the two houses.^ The (»ost-ofllce bill will, t is understood, be agreed ti|*on, the senate surrendering the Brazilian mail service and he readjustment of compensation to rail road* ami consenting to a modification of tlie proviso ns for the reclassification of mail matter, striking out some of its more strin gent feature*. The second conference com mittee on the legislative appropriation bill has not yet c,.me together. An agreement ha* been reached in the conference on the fortification bill—the ;*.rc yielding its amendment?. The confer ence on the deficiency bill have also arrived at an understanding.* The clause making an appropriation for tlie pay due the super visors is reduced to fifty thousand dollars. The senate having stricken out the Shields amendment to the arrears pension bill, trouble with it in the conference is antiqj- l>ated. The army and the legislative ap propriation bills* — **““ —'** likely to fail. The congressional committee appointed to examine into the charge* against Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, unite on a report fully exonerating him from any corrupt actions or improper condnet. The committee of conference on the legis lative bill ha*‘to-night concluded that it it impossible for them to agree and they will, therefore, report disagreement, and although another conference committee mar l*e appointed, there .-eetns to lie no probability that the ditfcramw between the honse an^ senate <m the political amendments will be reconciled. The bill is. therefore, believed to be certain to fall with the expiration of paririi, t ' bMvWvi and acquuesence and consent, 1 4>e death of Julian Hanridge, of tteortia - rr >e fruit* of which lie i* still_enjnyi«ig with- an d offered further resolutions of respect, j «J*» proceedings. The trial ha* attracted a , ,*orue to a dead lock in regard to the fa character •»! very large assembly of spectators.^ ^ ^ ■ clause prohibiting the presence of tn> " a: the polls under any circumstances. The committee reached an argument on all the other controverted points of th$ bill, but >*t law. There neither - - \ f i v ii. *•* any indefensible title to any , :he deceased. f"l**-wed by Senator* Booth .k‘t -ft'er the'dein *'*»'*“ •'•* ot! see which cannot In? reached. *.,d Lamar in a iew appropriate remarks. . haa A.rm'.l «( the n^n. vet* , ' The lesolmion, were agreed to, and the IT' v-n «!„> ■,.!* tho 1 ^ b F coogicss to be taken ami senate, at 6:40, adjourned till 1 p. m. bcf '“" ,u su, ' rew * i0 -1 ™ -or*. heard ultimately before tfae supreme ju- an’d Anderson fraudulently ran away ! with that view, wiring tbaiwhy to throw I —The Holy Land . , the parish out. as i-raut parish had j of old. Now. however, instead of sending to ; receiving the sundry civil bill from the sen- been thrown out by the suj-ervisor of Egypt for com. the wants of the people are ate, non-concurring in he senates's aruend- regi'-tration absenting himself on election , met bv importations of flour and grain from | mentsond appointinga committee of con- day. notwithstanding that the other office i New York. As Joseph collected grain in ’ ference consisting of Atkins. Hewitt of held tlie election and made due return of Egypt, in anticipation of the seven years of ! New York, and Hale, took a farther recess the vote. Tfie democrats in East Feliciana, j scanty harvests, to exports from the bounti- I till 10:30. At that time Mr. Atkins stated knowing that they lia-1 captured the negro t ful crop* of the new world are now storing | that the conference committee on the civil vote, hired An-Jeraoo to go back and bold at Jerusalem to meet impending famine. | sundry bill would probably come toanagree- Anather Mall Fiend Arrested. Special dispatch to The Constitution. Talladega, Ala., March 4.—Special AgentJGeorge B. Chamberlain has arrested Thomas Bonner, jr.. of this city, on a charge of entering and robbing the nost-office on the 29th of November last. Mr. Bonner is a merchant in this place. Mr. Chamberlain worked up the cose most carefully, and the of course their work will go for nothing . leas the argument shall extend to the re maining subject of the controversy. Washington. March 4.—The most im portant appropriations embodied in the river and harbor bill, as agreed upon by the committee of conference, and passed by both ed from voting. Some of the oldest mem bers, notably Butler, of Massachusetts, and Patterson and Townsend, of New York, were among those who showed tlie least signs of fatigue, and after a brief recess of one hour and three-quarters, they were among the earliest in attendance. The speaker was seldom out of the chair, and he steered the house through sudden streams and through tlie rocks and quicksands of parliamentary navigation with a great skill of tact, moderation and impartiality. At a quarter past seven the house took a recess until nine. The senate bill, giving the consent of the government to an agreement entered into by the states of Maryland.and Virginia re specting the boundary line lietween said state*, was (tossed. The senate hill (tossed for the sale of all lands in Florida not needed for naval pur poses. The house resumed the consideration of the bill known as the “McGowan health bill,” and it wa* pa*sed. It provides for the the commission of health to sit in Washington to establish rules and regula tions in regard to the public health and to obtain and communicate information on the subject of epidemic diseases and rejM.rt »the next congress. The (>ension arrears appropriation bill has paved. At 11:10 Mr. Atkins reported that the conference committee on the legislative bill had not been able to agree, and moved Dial the house “adhere,” which is a parliament ary finality. The motion was agreed On motion of Mr. Garfield, a resolutions^ thanks to Sj^aker Randall for the pronqi efficient and impartial discharge of the a duous duties of (ii* office wa* unanimously adopted. Congress has just adjourned, a?! exciting scene and after the delivery of strong political speeches on both sides The speaker made a parting address, which wa* most enthusiastically applauded. He spoke as follows: “Representatives: In a moment tliisoou- gress will expire. Its acts, whether for weal or woe. are indelibly Inscribed upon the pages of history. In this hall party has been arrayed against party, and interest against interest, in a fierce and bitter straggle, but it is due to truth to say tiiat on every side there has been an honest ambition to win popularity by seeking, each in his own way and according to his best judgement, the general welfare. Whether or not the desired end of the public good ha* been successfully attained is for time to prove. but that such lia* lieeu the aim of lioth sides cannot jn-tly be doubted. Genuine concord between all states and citizens thereof is the corner stone of our national prosperity. What promotes or elevates one at the expense of the other inures to the ultimate injury of all. Although each representative has championed the wishes of his immediate constituency with earnestness and energy, United States marshal, and Ale White, United States attorney for the north ern district of Texas; Sherman Conant, United States mar*hali for the northern dis trict of Florida; Samuel Lee, postuuutcr, Sumter, S. C. THE BILLS PASSED AND 6IGNEP. All the appropriation bills, except the legislative and army bills, have been signed and are now laws: also the river and har bor hill, and the bill making the requisite appropriation to (iay amor* of pensions. The lust named hill reached the president a little liefore 12 o’clock and was promptly approved. It is understood that a message vetoing the river and harbor appropriation bill was prepared, but under the influence of groat pressure the executive signature was finally affixed to that bill. The principal measure.* which have be come laws during the last session, in addi tion to ten of the regular annual appro priation bills, are as follows: Tl»c bill re ducing the tax on toliacco and otherwise amending the internal revenue laws; the census bill; the bill to aid in re funding the national debt by authorizing the issue of small treasury .certificates; the bill ;o iTvVent the introduction of infec tious and contagious di-eascs, and the hill providing for the payment of the arrears of pensions for services during the late war. so NEAR AND VET So FAR. Among the measure* which made more or less progress but failed of enactment this session are the following: The legislative, elective and judicial appropriation bill; the army appropriation bill; the bill to regulate inter-state conuncice: the steum- boat bill; the Geneva award bill; the bill to establish postal savings banks; the bill to repeal the S(>ccie resumption act; the bill granting pensions to tlie survivors of the Mexican war; the silver bill; the bill to re strict Chinese immigration; the joint resolu tion proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the payment of disloyal claims; the bill to provide for the enforcementof the eight-hour law; the proposition to transfer the Indian bureau to the war departuient; tlie Mississippi levee bill, and the bill to provide for a commission on the improve ment of the Mississippi; tlie hill extending the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific bill; the Brazilian mail rervice bill; the bill to regulate the trans(>ortation of animals by railroads; the bill to devote the proceeds of the sales of the public lund* to educational par(Mtses; the bill authorizing railroad coni(»anie* to —instruct and maintain lines of telegraph r commercial purtioses; the Burnside com mittee’* army regulation bill; the bill to re rise the jiatent laws, and the Japanese and Chinese indemnity-fund bills; the various measures reported from the house commit- banking and currency, and many other financial bills, both in the house nml senate; the bills, besides those s(*ecitied above, pnqtosing aid in lands or bonds for construction of railroads, canal*, etc.; a large number of bills on the calendars ag gregating local interests of more or less im- sirtance, and several hundred repotted rom committees for the relief of private Jaimants, besides thousands of others, which were left untouched in the files of the committee rooms. The total number of bills and joint reso lutions introduced in the house of represen tatives during the congress which has just expired is 6,826, and the total for the senate is 1,930. THE EXTRA SESSION. The president and hi* cabinet, while at. the capitol this morning, agreed on the 18th of this month (March) as the date for the commencement of the extra session of the 40th congress, for the convening of which a proclamation will be forthwith prepared and issued. The proclamation of the president, call ing for an extra session of congress, to as semble on the 18th inst., was issued tills afternoon. The proclamation recite* that an extraordinary session is necessary for the reason that the forty-fifth congress ad journed without making tlie usual and ne cessary appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and without making the usual and necessary appropriations for the support of the army for the same fiscal year. View* of Rev. W. P. Harriaoa, D. D-. on the Hatmnl Advantages Sarroonding Atlanta—Delivered Be - ere the Committee on the Estab lishment of Branch Mints- We have received from tlie chairman, Hon. A. H. Stephens, a lengthy document containing tlie statements of various scien tific men about the establishment of branch mints and assay offices in different parts of the United States. In it we find the follow ing interesting statement from Rev. W. P. Harrison, D.D., about the advantages of At lanta for such a (dace. It contains valuable information on other point® of general in terest to our readers: In making this statemant liefore tlie com mittee, in regard to the establishment of a mint at Atlanta, Ga., I desire to say tiiat I am not in any way or in any manner per sonally interested in this question. If there is to bo a mint established anywhere in our section of the country, 1 think tiiat Atlanta should be the point, for many different rea sons. In the first place, it is a center of trade now attracting general attention—a trade which is constantly increasing, and its in terests in very many detriments of indus try are continually growing larger. We have now a large cotton factory there,which will soon be in actual o(*ration. Its open ing has been deferred from some cause con nected with it* management, with the de tails of which I am not fauiilmr. We have there large iron works, a rolling mill of con siderable dimensions. Geographically, we are at a central point for the transmission of agricultural products; in the very center of an extensive and productive region. And, as an instance of the extent of the commercial business of Atlanta, 1 would mention that within the course of a few months, I think about four, two road* lead- front Atlanta, carried over twenty-two million* of pounds of bacon to the lower counties of our state. The trade of the city is. I believe, estimated to be between thirty- five and forty million* of dollars a year. Now, as to the propriety of establishing a Unit *d States m<nt there, I suppose that the questions chiefly are, first, its necessity, or rather the practical uses for a mint there to gather to itself the crop of gold that would tinturally center at that point and give employment to such au undertaking. In the next place, whether it could lie util ized, and a« cheaply managed there as at some other point in the north. ThecoSt of coal is an im|mriant item. We have a railroad partly graded, intended to strike the center of the coal region that will fur nish the supplies of coal needed for mint puriHises. at a cost uot exceeding one-half of the present price. Mr. Dwight. What is the present cost? Dr. Harrison. Well, for manufacturing pur|M»se\ 1 suppose between 18 and 20ccnts a bushel now; and when this railroad is comnleted it will not be more than half a* much; of course, without access to any tables, I only mention what 1 believe to be the actual figure*. Mr. Dwight. You say coal for manufac turing purposes; do you meait bituminous coal ? Dr. Harrison Yes, sir. The Chairman. From my experience. I in give you the actual cost of best grate coal delivered in Atlanta. I have bought it at 21 cents per bushel. This is Tennessee Coal creek coal. Tlie Alabama coal, which is also a superior article, can be lai«l down at 21 cents; and when tlie Western road is completed it will lie much cheaper. Dust- coal f'»r furnaces at half-price. Dr. Harrison. I think it will lie minced to from 10 to 12 ceuts when this road is com pleted. . There are still a great many other industries which are only in process of de velopment. Here is a specimen of kaolin, or porcelain clay, as fine as any in the world. There is nothing purer tlian that [exhibit ing a specimen.] Mr. Dwight. How is it obtained? Dr. Harrison. In masses from 3 to 6 feet thick. It is taken right out of tlie earth. This deposit, however, is not in the neigh borhood of Atlanta, but is neaT Augusta, Ga. Mr. Dwight. How far from Atlanta? Dr. Harrison. One hundred and seven ty-one miles. It is carried to (M)tteries for tisein New Jersey at this time. There is nothing purer than this. The Chinese por celain clay is not purer. Now, for manu facturing purposes—this, of course, is for pottery ware, tor the finer grade of articles of crockery—but for manufacturing fire brick for use in furnaces and for the more elaborate iron-works you need 1 ire-clay. The secretaiy of the treasury to-day Issued a call for the redemption of ten million of five-twenties of which seven million are registered and three millio coupon bonds. B. F. Jonas, of New Orleans, wa* to-day admitted to practice before the bar of the supreme court of the United States. The secretary of the treasury informs the nahonal bank* that the department will re ceive at once any called bonds they may transmit, and will apply the proceeds to paying any subscriptions made by the banks at or subsequent to the date of call in which the bonds are embraced, interest to be allowed to the maturity of the bonds. The reduction of the tobacco tax under the new law goes into effect May 1st. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Now, within six miles of Atlanta tensive deposit of this, which is a superior article to Kaolin n* a fire-clay. For the dif ficulty with thi* kaolin is, that if subjected to a high beat when made into and used as a fire-brick it will shrink and a hole will re sult, from which the metal will escape. It will stand, however, a heat of 4,500°. This fire-clay, however, found near Atlanta, withstands any practical heat, especially when mixed with quartz. Tlie trou ble in utilizing this kaolin at Augusta it that the quartz is not there, and the latter, which Is the heavier article would have to be brought to the lighter article. We could bring thi* article to Atlanta more readily than the quartz could be taken to Augusta; but here is an article (the fire-clay) which exists in extensive deposits. I would hard ly undertake to say how much of this fire clay there is in that deposit. The Chairman. Where is it? Dr. Harrison. Near East Point. The Chairman. Within six or seven miles of Atlanta? Dr. Harrison. Yes, sir. • ■Mr. Dwigiit. Why has not the interest been taken up and developed? Dr. Harrison. Simply for wa it of some one to take hold of it. I took some of it and made brick of it and put it in the fur nace without compressing it at all or put ting it in a mold, and it stood the fire of the rolling-mill furnace for two weeks—the In coni pressed bricks, without any mixture of the quartz. Mr. Dwight. How long will an ordinary brick sustain that heat? Dr. Harrison. About twice as long. I have experimented with -brick that were brought from lAmdou existing $120 a thou sand, and this material will make an equally good brick. These brick* made from this material can lie used for any manufacturing purposes, and that will be a very considera ble item in running the furnaces of any kind. You have the material there within a few miles, and these bricks can he made by ordinary machinery for from $35 to $10 a thousand at a very great profit—the same brick that now cost from $»0 to $120 a thou sand. Mr. Dwight. You would save about 75 per certt? Dr. Harrison. Yes, sir; all of 75 per cent. The Chairman. Where fire-brick are used in furnace*, how often do they replace them? Dr. Harrison. Every four weeks in most all up. All the quartz is thrown into this battery—usually a batterv of five stamps. Now, these dies are plates, upon which the rocks aie crushed by these hammers os they fall; the quartz and all is reduced to powder. They put the water right over the (date, and it draws the gold onto the plate. This plate is usually of copper with a surface of quicksilver, and the gold amalgamates with it and .the water passes on down the stream. One difficulty in Georgia, and with all of the ores east of the Rocky mountains, has been their connection with sulphides and sulphureta. When sulphuric acid or sul phurous acid conics in contact with the mercurialized plate it has one of two effects; it either flowers or sickens it. Flowering a plate is granulating it; the sulphuric acid causes it to granulate and loosens from its bed the par ticles of mercury, and part of the gold is carried off. Sickening is the forming of a film over the plate—coats the mercury partly over, and the gold passes through it, goes on, and is lost. Professor Crooks, of the London univer sity, discovered what he thought would be a perfect remedy; he calls it the sodium amalgam. He takes 97 per cent, of mer cury and 3 per cent, of sodium; the sodium is put into a flask and is treated to a sand- bath at 300°, particle by particle, as long as tlie conversion takes place, which results - from the mixture with the sodium and mercury, and tiiat combines the hundred parts—ninety-seven of mercury and three of sodium—which creates the sodium amal gam. On receiving this, the plate that ia sickened is quickened instantly, or if flow ering it is restored to vitality at once. This is the theory, and from a few experiments that 1 have tried myself (he has, be sides, sent me sorute of his preparations), it seems to be a (terfect success. But I have found some practical miners who have some doubts wnether it can bo usefully employed. If. however, the pyritous ores con be worked (these ore* are generally found to combine sulphur, copper, and gold, or sul- E hur, iron, and gold), this discovery would e invaluable. Sulphur is generally form ed as a mineral combined with the metals; hence the creation of sulphuric acid, form ed out of sulphur; and the chemical effects of this acid upon the amalgam causes the plate to refuse the gold, and it is therefore lost. For that reason, we have been unable to work tlie pyritous ores; it costs too much; hut if this be a practical invention, pyritous ores having one (*er cent, of gold will pay for working them. Now as to the extent of these deposits, of course yon understand I am only an ama teur, not a practical miner, but 1 have been studying the subject all my life during the summers in the mountains, collecting specimens, and during that time . I have been in every one of the min- ingseetions of Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina. I believe that in the gold region of Georgia, within 500 feet from the surface water-level, there are not less than five hun dred millions of gold accessible. These veins arc innumerable; they run from 4 inches in breadth to 14 feet, and I have seen a little in excess of 14 feet in breadth. They vary in the quantity of gold of course, but this quartz, tin* material in tlie gold region, almost invariably contains sorao gold, sometimes not more than 40 cei\)s inn ton. I have assisted in assaying some speci mens which yielded as much as $120 in a ton, taken promiscuously from a four-foof vein. I have seen a pocket yielding at the rate of $32,000 a ton, but that is of course no guide; the amount would toon fall off. These pockets arc occasional de(»osits that prove sometime* immensely rich for a short dis tance, then cease to exist, and arc not found ngain for hundreds of feet. I believe that in the immediate vicinity of Dali- lonega, which is the center of the North Georgia mining interest*, there can safely be calculated on at present a supply of one hundred millions of gold within a radius of twenty miles. The ad vantage of this region over any other, per haps, on this continent is this: the great ex(icctation of vein-mining, has always been the possibility of getting immensely rich In a few days, and the further possi bility of losing everything Invested. The miners of north Georgia, the Dalilonega re gion, have reduced this as near ton science as can be. They can excavate, bring to the crushing-mills, and amalgamate a ton of quartz for 30 cents, and are doing it now every day. I have had access to their books an’d examined into the cost of their milling operations. There would seem to be nothing desirable beyond this. They have hydraulic power, innumerable creeks that furnish the water power for the running of the crushing mills, and there is also now in that region a valu able water-jiowcr 22 miles long. A canal, 22 miles long, diverts the water from a lit tle creek or river ami carries it to the vi cinity of Dahlonega; it has a weter-liead of 250 feet, by which they can wish down whole masses of earth and rock of immense size. I have seen bodies of earth nearly 75 feet high with numbers of trees sjveptdown a few minutes. My impression is that this gold interest in - . .. . . _ , - .-j hoaxes t«ay. are ms follows: New York— result to which he has brought it i* very H 11 Gate. $250000; Harlem river. $100,000; satisfactory to the people of Talladega, a* Hudson river. $10,000; Flushing bay, $20, they were aU anxious that the perpetrator ; 000; Buffalo harbor. $100,000. Massachn of the robbery should be brought to jus- settes—Boston, $50,000. Connecticut— Uca - * Sionington, $40,00. Rhode Island—Frovi- The History of YVliat m Mischievous Mule Did. Yesterday afternoon there occurred on the Douglasvilfe road, alioutfive miles from the city, a very serious accident, which came near resulting fatally. Mr. J. K. Edge, of Douglas county, came into the city early yesterday morning to carry home Dr. J. S. Bennett, who had just graduated at the Atlanta medical college. About two o’clock Mr. Edge started borne in a.buggy drawn by a mule. Behind hi in, in another buggy rode Dr. Bennett and Dr. J. W. West more land. They all moved on smoothly until they reached the residence of Dr. 8am. Wilson, about five miles from Atlanta. Here the gentlemen in the buggy behind noticed that tlie bolt which fastened the right hand shaft of Mr. Edge's buggv came loose. Soon the shaft dropped and the mule began to n went at a furious speed a short distance, and then the buggy turned over. Mr. Edge was* thrown heavilv to the CTonnd. When 1:1* friend* picked him up they found that he was seriously injured. His left arm was evidently broken and he wa* otherwise se verely braised. They drove back to the city a* fast as they could and carried the suffering man to Dr.’ Willis Westmoreland’s office. Here his arm wa* examined and found to be broken in three places. The fractures were very severe and were difficult of treat ment. Tne arm wa* finally set by Dr. West moreland and Dr. Dan. Howell, and the pa tient seemed to rest easy. His other injuries were not as seriousas>a* feared at first. Mr. Edge is a young man about 20 years old. and is a Douglas county farmer. He is s ~ skillful band* and will probably recover due time. The Baltimore Conference. Baltimore. March 5.—The ninety-fifth meeting of the Baltimore annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was be gun at Grace church this morning. Bishop yet, daring the whole period of the exist ence of this house, there has not been a sin gle breach of legislative decorum. That noble respect, bom of generous rivalry in a common good cause, nos softened all as perities. “I feel that mere words are inadequate to The Chairman. How often in the mint? Dr. Harrison. It would depend on tlie amount of work they did. I do not know how often it would l*e necessary. The Chairman. Do you know what amount of heat is necessary to be employed in running a mint? I)r. Harrison. It is not as high as in otb er operations; but^ the roof, chimneys and portions of a building where gold is coimd will gather a considerable amount of gold. There wa* a good deal found, as you know, in tlie building of Dahlon«*ga, in the roofs, chimneys, and shingles of the build- Not so high a heal is required for minting purposes, hut you want, evidently, alt the furnaces, a* well a* the chimneys, lined with the fire-proof materials. As I said, the difficulty with the kaolin is that while it will stand any ordinary4»«*at. it will contract under a high heat, and you have to mix it with quartz to prevent tiiat. This quartz is not found in the vicinky of the kaolin, but is found near the fire-clay. Now, a* to the gold region of Georgia, there i* very Utile really known in our own state of it* extent. It runs from about 31 I think, from below Macon, Ga, at an alti tude of 320 feet, up to 4,800 feet in the ountain chain of tlie Blue Ridge. The gold disseminated through the soil in ail that region. I *upi»o*e that a very close analv- wnuld find in any square yard of earth Harris, of New York, presiding. The only business to-day, after organizing, was a gen eral preparation for the work of the session, which will continue a week or more. Tlie Washington conference of the Col ored Methodist Episcopal church also met in the city to-day ; at Centennial church, Bishop Ames presiding. The regular com- I mittees were appointed and ordinary busi ness proceeded with. mctamorphic region in Georgia more less particles of gold. This region em braces a territory of 250 miles in length and about 150 miles in breadth. Mr. Mcldbow. What part of the stats is hat? Dr. Harrison. The upper part. There are some specimens [exhibiting them] of visible gold; these are from about four hundred feet under the ground; and they are not pocket specimens. Mr. Mlldrow. How were they obtained? Dr. Harrison. By the ordinary mining operation*. There is something you would not fiud in California, except now and then [exhibiting another specimen.] Mr. Dwight. Is nothing done to develop this gold? Dr. Harrison. There are three hundred stamps at work in that immediate vicinity. The Chairman. What do you mean by the stomps, doctor? Dr. Harrison. The gold-mills have what are called batteries, and they have a crank that lifts a lever, and when it falls it crushes Mr. Dwight. It breaks and separates the rock from the gold, does it not? Georgia is destined to become a source of E »ld revenue, or gold crop, within the rands of that state, running from eight to ten millions i»er annum. I think that is a safe and reliable calculation; but, as I said, immense fortunes cannot be made in a day or week. Whenever you strike a ton of gold quartz in this gold region you find ore in which there is some gold. By averaging your supply you can tell liow much gold you can obtain from a ton. You know* what it costs you to get it, and, like any other in vestment, you can calculate your profits. Itis well known that the largest supply of gold, until very recently, was procured from the mines called the placer mines. There lnw always been a difficulty in procuring it by means of the crushing process, owing to the inaccessibility of machinery and tlie sup ply of water. One itc >i in tlie small ex pense of mining in Georgia is the cheapness of labor; they hire hands at 80 cents a day now at their works. • The Chairman. And board them? Dr. Harris. Without board; 80 cents, and tliev find themselves; and I suppose that within ordinary limits an increase of the same labor could be obtained at the same figures; of course, if a great influx took place, it would raise the price of labor. The valleys in that region are rich and all the necessary articles of living are cheap, private board being from $8 to $10 a month, and from $15 to $20 at hotels. There are numliers of mineral springs, notably Porter’s, within 10 miles of Dah lonega. The Chairman. Is there any foundation for the story of finding diamonds in Hall county, Georgia ? . Dr. Harrison. Tlie companion stone of the diamond, the itacolumite, or flexible sandstone, is found there. It exists witlnu a mile of the town of Gainesville. A few small diamonds have been found in Hall county. The diamond pseudomorphs, a mineral term for a form that imitates the diamond—for instance,the twelve sided 3 uartz pebble would l»e a diamond pseu- omorpii—ore found there in abundance. There are some diamonds there undoubt edly, but what the extent is I do not know, nor do I know any one who does, I do not share the extravagant idea of some persons on the subject; but we do know this, that wherever the itacolumite in its (icrfectstate exists’that there diamonds are found. The mines of Golconda, in Asia, and those of Potosi, in South America, have the itacolu mite rock, and the diamonds are found in its vicinity. The geius are usually found in what the miners call “ buttermilk ore.” The Chairman. What gives it that name? Dr. Harrison. It resembles buttermilk, hite and curdled. Dr. Dwight. You speak of a cotton facto- r in operation at Atlanta. Dr. Harrison. It has just been completed. It has not yet been put in operation. There is some difficulty lietween the company and the manufacturers of the machinery in some wav. The merits of the difficulty I do not understand. They did start it a few weeks ago. We had two iron mills at one time, and have now but one, a rolling mill. Mr. Dwight, it is in operation now? Dr. H arrison. Yes, sir; it was until a few weeks ago. I believe there was a strike a few days ago. Mr. Dwight. What is your population? Dr. Harrison. About 35,000. The Chairmxan. The iron-works are most important industries there. The rolling- mill supplies all our roads with rails. I think the works afford employment for 300 hands. Mr. Dwight. Have they blast-furnaces there, so as to make pig-iron? Dr. Harrison. No, Sir; they get that above, on the line of the state road, about 35 miles above. Ours are rolling-mills. We have no suitable iron sufficiently near us to be practicably worked that I know of, but a little farther up on the state road we have large deposits from the specular to the hematites, and abundance of magnetic of all varieties—over forty or fifty different species; some of them arc only mineral cu- nosties, others are workable ores. When tills road of which I have spoken is com pleted. it will strike the coal region, the lime region, and the. iron region of Ala bama. Mr. Dwight. How many roads have you coming into Atlanta? Dr. Harrison. We have five: the State road, the West Point, the Macon and Western road, tlie Augusta road, and the Air-Line road; and we have a new one pro jected, the Western road, which will moke six. It is partly graded; and then there is still another road, the Colnmbus end of which, for some twenty-odd miles, is in actual operation, and they intend, I believe, Dr. Harruon. Yea, sir; it breaks it to direct that in an air-line to Atlanta. Mm

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